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The latest episode of Jeopardy! season 39, which aired on Tuesday, October 4, 2022, featured two-day champion Cris Pannullo competing against two new players.
Cris first appeared on the game show on Friday, September 30, 2022, and defeated four-day winner David Sibley. The customer success operations manager from Ocean City, New Jersey, banked $63,379 after two consecutive wins.
In Tuesday’s episode, Cris played against Sean Holloway, a software engineer from Kansas City, Kansas, and Jacqueline Liao, an engineer from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Based on the official synopsis of the syndicated show, the format can be explained as follows:
“The host tests the knowledge of the contestants on a wide range of subjects and the winner gets to claim the title and keep the prize money.”
Today’s Jeopardy! winner, Cris Pannullo
Cris Pannullo’s game strategy of scoring high in the first two rounds was successful during the October 4 episode as well. He has relied on banking high amounts until the second round in all his games so far. Even if his final answer turned out to be incorrect, he still won because his total score was too high to beat.
In the latest episode, the categories for the first round were “The 50 States, A ‘C’ In Literature, Ships & Boats, Toying With You, Their First U.S. No. 1 Hit, It’s A Mystery.”
Cris was on a roll from the beginning. He gave the highest number of responses (25 correct and 4 incorrect) and banked $12,600. New players Sean Holloway and Jacqueline Liao tried their best to answer as many questions as possible but were still far from touching Cris’ Round 1 total. Sean banked $3,400, while Jacqueline’s score was $2,800.
The second round’s categories were “Central American History, See ‘Em At The Museum, Wait Just A Mineral!, All That Glitters, Films By Characters, The ‘Ize’ Have It.”
After finding one Daily Double in the first round, Cris discovered two more in the Double Jeopardy round. On top of that, he answered 17 more questions, out of which only two were incorrect. The returning champion’s total score going into the final round was $35,300.
Sean gave 12 correct and 3 incorrect answers, banking $7,400. Jacqueline’s luck was not in her favor. Out of 16 questions, she was able to correctly answer only nine clues, and thus her score went down to $800.
The Final Jeopardy round was tough, and none of the players could give the correct answer. While Sean played safe and wagered zero dollars, Jacqueline went all in with her $800 and had to go home empty-handed. Cris, too, lost his wagering amount, but his total score was still higher than the new players'.
Hence, Cris Pannullo won Jeopardy! today.
Final Jeopardy! results today
In the October 4 episode, the category for the final round was “Asian Country Names,” and the final clue read:
“Like the T-U-V in Tuvalu, this landlocked country has 3 consecutive letters in its English name in alphabetic sequence.”
The correct answer to the final question was “Afghanistan.”
Unfortunately, none of the players knew the solution to the final clue of Tuesday’s episode. Cris wrote “Tajikistan,” while Sean guessed “Kyrgyz.” Jacqueline wrote “Mongolia.”
Take a look at the final results of the October 4 episode:
Cris Pannullo: $35,300 – $15,221 = $20,079 (What is Tajikistan?) (3-day total: $83,458)
Sean Holloway: $7,400 – $0 = $7,400 (What is Kyrgyz?)
Jacqueline Liao: $800 – $800 = $0 (What is Mongolia?)
With today’s win, Cris is now a three-day champion with total earnings of $83,458. He will return to defend his win in the next episode against two new contestants.
Jeopardy! season 39, hosted by Ken Jennings, will return with a new episode on Wednesday, October 5, 2022.
